The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-12-01

orange Tell 10 me, through the death OF
my brother.
..He WIS my godfather, was he notP''
interrupted Charles.
.Yes He
What was the cause of his death
He must have been young man.
Extraordinarily, only. II was
young. | gave MP my post IN London
and VI came to -Grangr--"
''Blit what did my uncle Charles lie
Of? asked Charles again.
Never mind what. Ii was an I'm.
happy death. and we do not care to
speak OF it. Moat-Grange is worth
about t2.Voo year: and. i'll one re-
spect. WE have done wrong since We
came to it: we have put nothing BY J
why should You have put by" in
tcrrnnted Charles.
There. There is an excmplitication
Of Your random way Of speaking and
thinking. Grange is entailed
upon You. every shilling of it,
..Wellp" said Charles. 1T will be
enough for me"
Il hope il WILL But it would have
been any thing but well had died;
for in that ease. Your mother and sis
tiers would have been beggars.
%, father
Yes. You would have had $4,000
a year, and they nothing. Let me 60
on. Charles Dalrymple left many
debts behind him, some Of them cruel
ones; We will not enter into that. /
lin chisalrous feeling, perhaps, but
which | and your mother have never
repented oDtook those debts upon me,
to pay off by degrees. And l paid
Them
'.Gothicly chivalrous, that was,'
thought Charles to himself.
And the estate had also to be kept
up, for | would not have it said tina,
Moat-Grange suffered by its change OIL
owners. and your mother thought with
me; 50 that, altogether, we had ;
struggle for it, and were positively less
at our ease for ready money here than
| we had been in our little household in
London. In about twelve years,
| think it was. the debts were cleared off,
and we had breathing time. Then W.
began to think about saving; but am
sorry to say it was only thought Of
not done, The cost Of educating you
children had increased as you grew
older; Alice's illness came off about
that period. and was a great and con-
tinued expense: and, what with one
thing or other we never did, or have,
put by. Your expenses at college were
enormous.
Were they9" returned Charles,
somewhat Indifferent.
"Were they echoed Mr.. Dalrymple,
almost in a sharp tone. do you for
get that you also ran into debt, like
your uncle Charles?''
Not much. was it, sirp" cried
Charles, deprecatingly who remem-
bered very little Of the matter, beyond
the fact that 1.-THE Bills had gone in to
Moat-Grange.
Pretty well" returned Mr..
Dalrvmple, with a cough. 1.-The sum
total averaged between six and seven
hundred Il year, for every year that you
were there
Surely not uttered Charles,
startled to contrition.
1T seemed to have made but little
impression on YOU; YOU knew it at the
time. But am not recalling this, to
cast reproach to you now, Charles.
You promised then that you would
not get into debt again, and / believe
you have kept your word.
81 have he readily spoke up, the
fearless look Of truth on his counten-
ance. Il have not exceeded the in
come You allow me-"
MY boy, believe you. And only
wanted to explain how it is that we
have been unable to put by. Not day
after | am well, will delay beginning
it. We will cnrtail our expenses, even
in things hitherto considered necessary,
no matter what the neighborhood may
think; and shall probably insure my
life. Your mother and were talking
this over. all day Yesterday"
Il can do with less than you allow
me, father; will make the half of j,
do said Charles, in one of his fits oil
impulse.
I'VE shall see that" said Mr.. DIAL
rymple, with another cough. 'Bu,
YOU do not know the trouble this ha.
been to me since the accident, Charles
have lain here and dwelt necessarily
! upon the helpless condition of your
mother and sisters-should l be called
| away.
MY dear father--though grateful
am that the fear has passed-yon NIGH
have set your mind at rest DO yol
suppose that / should ever have thought
Of disturbing my mother and sisters II
| their possession of their home? No; i
should have been theirs just as much a.
| it is now
| ''Ah! Charles-those generous re
! solves are easier formed than kept
You will soon be wanting home o.
/ Your own. A wife. too, ch, Charles?'
thine enough for that, SIR re
| turned Charles, with very conscious
| look.
| If yon could only think SO. Blu
you are Internationally, and l wa.
married at Your age
Charles Dalrymple fidgeted Oh hi.
/ chair-as if he would say something
but did not know how. Mr.. Dalrympl,
relieved him.
| "Yon have got your thoughts turned
to Isabel Lynn: have you not?''
''should you object to her, STRIP
asked Charles, in hesitation.
"Qnite the contrary. | like hel
much; and believe your mother does
| have told Isabel So
Have you?" said Charles, opening
| his eyes.
II told her SO this afternoon. There
is one thing against it, Charles.
''What is that?" asked he, in alarm
That she is too good for YOU
Charles laughed. II told her tina
myself, and asked her to give me up
Ii was the night the accident happened
when was SO truly miserable.
And ! suppose she would not liste'
| to the advicea"
Not exactly
"Well, Charles, you could scarcel,
have chosen better, and might hav
chosen very much worse. So yol
shall have our goodwill. Isabel ha
money, and"
Il am sure have not though
whether she has o. not" interrupte,
Charles, quite Indignantly. Il don